Dancing robots: Social interactions are performed, not depicted.

Journal: The Behavioral and brain sciences
PMID: 37017049

Abstract

Clark and Fischer's depiction hypothesis is based on examples of western mimetic art. Yet social robots do not depict social interactions, but instead perform them. Similarly, dance and performance art do not rely on depiction. Kinematics and expressivity are better predictors of dance aesthetics and of effective social interactions. In this way, social robots are more like dancers than actors.

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  • Guido Orgs
    Department of Psychology, Goldsmiths, University of London, London SE14 6NW, UK g.orgs@gold.ac.uk; https://neurolive.info/.
  • Emily S Cross
    1 Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology, School of Psychology, University of Glasgow , 58 Hillhead Street, Glasgow G12 8QB , UK.

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